Swedish verb

blomstra

flourish, blossom, bloom, prosper

Meaning

flourish; blossom; bloom; prosper

In Swedish: blomma

Conjugation

Conjugation of blomstra (flourish)
Infinitive	att blomstra	to flourish
Present	blomstrar	jag blomstrar
Past	blomstrade	jag blomstrade
Supine	blomstrat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har blomstrat	jag har blomstrat
Past perfect	hade blomstrat	jag hade blomstrat
Future	ska blomstra	or: kommer att blomstra
Conditional	skulle blomstra	jag skulle blomstra
Imperative	blomstra!	a command
Present participle	blomstrande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	blomstrad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of blomstra
Infinitive	blomstras
Present	blomstras
Past	blomstrades
Supine	blomstrats

Group 1: -ar verbs. Present -ar, past -ade, supine -at. The largest and most regular group. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use blomstrar. See the four verb groups explained.

Practise blomstra

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Yesterday I … (blomstra). Which is the past tense?

blomstra in a sentence

affärerna blomstrade
business flourished

Questions

What does blomstra mean in English?

blomstra means “flourish, blossom”.

What is the past tense of blomstra?

The past tense of blomstra is blomstrade (“jag blomstrade”). The supine is blomstrat, used in “jag har blomstrat”.

What is the present tense of blomstra?

blomstrar, the same for every person: jag blomstrar, du blomstrar, vi blomstrar.

Nearby common words

blomstra is number 6,859 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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6,856joint a joint, a marijuana cigarette
6,857uppäten eaten
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6,861stjärt tail, backside
6,862mesig wimpish
6,863djurpark Zoo, animalpark

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